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We are pleased to have a guest post from Andrew Porwancher, who is an Assistant Professor of Classics & Letters at the University of Oklahoma.
His first book is entitled The Devil Himself: A Tale of Honor, Insanity, and the Birth of Modern America (under contract with Oxford University Press). This book argues that honor killing enjoyed widespread acceptance outside the American South during the Gilded Age. His next book project, The Hidden Origins of Modern Legal Thought, looks to the institution of the jury trial to understand how American society separated fact from fiction amid the uncertainties of modern Read more

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#USIH2017 is barely behind me (it was great!), but I'm looking ahead to #USIH2018. Here is a call for participants for a roundtable on teaching #USIH...with a twist! #twitterstorians, check the post for details: https://t.co/VBHfUN9pUL

@erin_bartram @Historiann @TheTattooedProf @TryingBiology @williamrblack @BenjaminEPark @LDBurnett @petecajka @monicalmercado @sarageorgini @WilliamCossen It's wonderful to be included in this list, @erin_bartram! Seeing/meeting so many people at #USIH2017 was a definite highlight of 2017 for me as well!

@t_lacy Great post, @t_lacy. #USIH2017 was our first year to manage the book exhibit ourselves. Big shoutout to @whitney_nell for updating the publisher contact list & to @sarageorgini for designing sponsorship tiers. #USIH volunteers rock!